The Montana sheep industry can competitively serve the needs of 

 the foreign markets for lamb products and the availability of established 

 wool marketing pools, providing buyers direct access to substantial 

 qualities of Montana wool. 



HONEY 



Montana is the largest producer of truly premium quality honey. 

 Throughout the American honey industry, Montana is known as the very 

 heart of mild-flavored, heavy-bodied, clover honey production. Pre- 

 sently, most commercial honey packers in the United States consider 

 Montana honey to be of "too superior" quality to pack directly into 

 consumer containers. It is used to blend with inferior flavored and 

 high moisture honeys of other regions . 



An average of 8 million pounds of delicate clover flavored honey, 

 with very low moisture, is produced annually. The primary and pre- 

 dominate source of nectar are wild yellow sweet clover and alfalfa. 

 The combination of the two floral sources are ideal for honey with the 

 delicate clover "tang". 



Quality statistics contained in the following chart show the average 

 color rating and moisture content for Montana honey is significantly 

 superior to the national average. The reliability and uniformity of 

 quantities of honey in excess of one million pounds with "P fund" color 

 gradings averaging 20mm or less cannot be matched anywhere in the world. 



MONTANA HONEY 



Production 

 Yield Per Colony 



Total 



Index 



Color (P fund scale) 



dark side of white light half of 



extra white 



U.S.n.A. Color Scale 

 to 9 (lig^t to dark) 



5.25 



2.0 



Moisture content 



17.2% 



16.1% 



